Bootjack attachment



(No Model.)

W. H. COLE.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. COLE, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

BOOTJACK ATTACH M ENT.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 528,363, dated October 30, 1894.

Application filed June 9,1894. $erial No, 514,060. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. COLE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bootjack Attachments; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has for its object to provide a simple and cheap attachment to a chair in the nature of a boot-jack, the same being so attached and arranged as to be practically out of sight yet always ready for use. It embodies in its broadest form a plate, preferably of wood, suspended under the seat of the chair, and shaped to-fit the toe of a boot or shoe, a wire being arranged to brace the chair against distortion when the boot is being pulled 05.

By my improvement a person can always have a boot-jack handy and ready for use and capable ofuse while either in a standing position or while sitting in another chair. I may sometimes employ two pieces, one for the use of ladies and the other of a size for gentlemens footwear;

Other objects and advantages of the inven-- throughout both the views.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the seat of a chair of any known or approved construction except as hereinafter specified. A is the back and A the back legs. Beneath the seat portion of the chair is arranged transversely of the chair a rod B from which is suspended the piece 0 preferably of wood, although it may be of light metal, and the lower edge of this piece is shaped to receive and fit the toe of a boot or shoe. In some cases I may provide two of such pieces as seen in Fig. 1, one shaped to receive the toes of ladies footwear and the other to receive the toe of a boot or shoe of gentle men. The rung usually present connecting the back legs of the chair is not present in this instance but in its stead I provide the wire D which is connected at its center which is bent upward as seen in Fig. 1,to the under side of the seat or to the rod upon which the piece or pieces 0 are held, and its ends secured to the back legs near their lower ends and each end of the wire is provided with a heel-piece E to receive the heel of a shoe or boot as shown in Fig. 1. be in vertical line with the piece O as shown so that when the toe of the shoe is placed in its recess in the piece 0 the heel will fit in the heel piece. The piece C may be pivotally supported on its rod or it may be rigid thereon.

I may sometimes wish to brace the wire D and in such case I provide the wires F which are attached at one end to the said wire and at their other ends to the front legs of the chair as seen in Fig. 2, to counteract the strain in pulling off the boot.

With theparts constructed and arranged substantially as above set forth the manner of use will be readily understood and a detailed description thereof is not deemed necessary.

What is claimed as new is 1. The combination with a chair seat, of a rod supported beneath the same, and a boot jack made in two parts, one of the said parts pivotally attached to and depending from the said rod, and the other fixed to the frame work of the chair, between the hind legs, as set forth.

2. The combinationwith a chair, of a rod supported beneath the seat of the same, a boot-jack made in two parts, one of the said parts pivotally attached to and depending from the said rod, and the other fixed to the frame-work 0f the chair between the hind legs, and a brace connecting the hind legs of the chair with the seat, thereby supporting and strengthening the same and providing means for inserting'the foot between the hind The piece E shouldlegs of the chair, to use the boot-jack, as set In testimony whereof I have signed this forth.

specification in the presence of two snbscrib- 1o 3. The combination with a chair, of a toeing Witnesses. piece pivotally suspended beneath its seat, a

5 wire beneath the seat and provided with a WILLIAM COLE heel-piece, and braces connecting said wire WVitnesses:

with the front legs of the chair,substantial1y ARTHUR P. TIFFT, as specified. S. O. OATGHING. 

